Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 25, 2011, 12:38 AM EST for 7 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2011, 12:38 AM EST (05:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2011, 6:30 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jackson County, KY, Laurel County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 12:50 AM EST | FLOOD | Monticello, KY | WATER HAD BACKED UP AND ONTO HWY 92E IN MONTICELLO. THE LAST REPORT OF FLOODING WAS RECEIVED AROUND 430 AM BY THE COUNTY DISPATCH OFFICE. |
| Feb 25, 1:30 AM EST | FLOOD | Williamsburg, KY | SOME MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG HWY 25W JUST NORTH OF WILLIAMSBURG. |
| Feb 25, 4:40 AM EST | FLOOD | Morrill, KY | WATER HAD BACKED UP OUT OF ROADSIDE DITCHES AND ACROSS HWY 421 IN THE MORRILL AREA ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROCKCASTLE JACKSON COUNTY LINE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 223 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 538 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 629 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
154
WGUS53 KJKL 250538
FFWJKL
KYC109-125-147-199-203-231-235-251130-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0001.110225T0538Z-110225T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1238 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
LAUREL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
ROCKCASTLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 630 AM EST
* AT 1235 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
FROM THESE EXPECT BETWEEN AN INCH AND AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN
FALL OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MUCH OF THIS RAIN WILL FALL IN
LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN EARLY IN THE DAY...THURSDAY.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LONDON...MCKEE...MONTICELLO...MOUNT VERNON...SOMERSET...WHITLEY
CITY...AND WILLIAMSBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 8486 3706 8493 3712 8492 3736 8458
3734 8452 3748 8447 3748 8438 3753 8436
3756 8395 3736 8380 3726 8395 3717 8398
3710 8393 3698 8400 3696 8410 3659 8394
3664 8501 3677 8502 3686 8508
$$
GREIF2 follow-up statements
660
WGUS73 KJKL 250718
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
218 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
KYC109-125-147-199-203-231-235-251130-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110225T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JACKSON KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-PULASKI KY-LAUREL KY-WAYNE KY-WHITLEY KY-
MCCREARY KY-
218 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCCREARY...WHITLEY...
WAYNE...LAUREL...PULASKI...ROCKCASTLE AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 630
AM EST...
AT 216 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FROM
THIS...ANOTHER QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH OF RAIN WILL FALL THROUGH 4
AM EST.
MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM
THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...LONDON...MCKEE...MONTICELLO...MOUNT VERNON...SOMERSET...
WHITLEY CITY AND WILLIAMSBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 8486 3706 8493 3712 8492 3736 8458
3734 8452 3748 8447 3748 8438 3753 8436
3756 8395 3736 8380 3726 8395 3717 8398
3710 8393 3698 8400 3696 8410 3659 8394
3664 8501 3677 8502 3686 8508
$$
GREIF558
WGUS73 KJKL 251132 RRA
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
632 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
KYC109-125-147-199-203-231-235-251148-
/O.EXP.KJKL.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110225T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JACKSON KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-PULASKI KY-LAUREL KY-WAYNE KY-WHITLEY KY-
MCCREARY KY-
632 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MCCREARY...
WHITLEY...WAYNE...LAUREL...PULASKI...ROCKCASTLE AND JACKSON COUNTIES
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
CALLS TO COUNTIES IN THE WARNING AREA INDICATE THAT EXCESS RUNOFF
FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS
IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE SINCE
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS
BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3700 8486 3706 8493 3712 8492 3736 8458
3734 8452 3748 8447 3748 8438 3753 8436
3756 8395 3736 8380 3726 8395 3717 8398
3710 8393 3698 8400 3696 8410 3659 8394
3664 8501 3677 8502 3686 8508
$$
PELTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 12:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne and 1 more | 52 min |
| Feb 25, 12:48 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Menifee, Montgomery and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:10 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Lee, Leslie and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:21 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan, Perry and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Owsley, Perry | 35 min |
| Feb 25, 1:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knox | 5 hr |
| Feb 25, 5:07 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Lee | 27 hr |
| Feb 25, 5:07 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 52 hr |
| Feb 25, 5:07 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 50 hr |
| Feb 25, 5:43 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Whitley | 41 hr |
| Feb 25, 6:30 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 4 hr |
| Feb 25, 10:07 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Knox | 26 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:03 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell | 7 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.